Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Austin Fields, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Austin Fields registered to vote in Hunt County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Austin Fields

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Austin Fields
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Hunt County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Austin his X mark Fields"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Austin Fields reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Fieldses elsewhere in Texas

All 62 freedmen named Fields in Texas

Variations of Fields

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 16 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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